Self-Defense, the Other Self-Defenses

When someone mentions to you self-defense most tend to think of things like the martial arts, the techniques necessary to overcome an adversary. But, as this blog has shown as well as many of the source materials used for this blog there are many levels and types of self-defense.

There is the mental self-defense model where you learn how to train your mind to avoid and/or overcome conflict. There is the physical self-defense model that promotes health and well-being and much of what is philosophically taught through the physical-mental training in martial arts promotes that model. Then there is the art of evasion in self-defense used to evade dangerous situations causing avoidance of physical altercations. Then there is the art of self-defense of the legal systems by understanding force and self-defense as it pertains to the law.  Then there is the psychological art of self-defense by training your mind to defend against the repercussions of the act of violence when it is over and one has to deal with its aftermath.

You have a mental and psychological self-defense model; you have a psychological self-defense model; you have a mental and physical health self-defense model (which by the way enhances all other aspects of self-defense including the more physical approach); you have the art of avoidance in self-defense; you have the art of deescalation in self-defense; you have a legal self-defense model ..... how many self-defense models do you have in your system and how are they brought out in self-defense training? How many other self-defense models can you think of and do you actually actively teach them to your practitioners?

Self-defense is not just the physical techniques you use to overcome an adversary. There are many other self-defense models you can train in for a more holistic approach to self-defense and this is just the surface of the greater depth that is violence and self-defense.